patient

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ AIDS, cancer, cardiac, diabetic, heart, etc.

▪ surgical, transplant

▪ developments that will help surgical patients recover more quickly

▪ mental, psychiatric

▪ depressed, mentally ill

▪ seriously ill, severely ill, terminally ill

▪ high-risk (esp. AmE), vulnerable (esp. BrE)

▪ hospital

▪ private (esp. BrE)

▪ He only takes private patients.

▪ elderly, older

▪ adult, child

▪ paediatric/pediatric

VERB + PATIENT

▪ assess, examine, see, treat

▪ She sees an average of 35 patients every day.

▪ admit

▪ The patient was admitted to hospital yesterday.

▪ discharge

▪ patients waiting to be discharged from hospital

▪ refer (to sb/sth), transfer (to sth)

PATIENT + VERB

▪ develop sth, have sth, suffer from sth

▪ The patient has a severe heart condition.

▪ suffer sth

▪ patients who have suffered a heart attack

▪ be diagnosed with sth

▪ The patient was first diagnosed with malaria.

▪ present with sth

▪ Many patients present with conditions that cannot be easily diagnosed.

▪ respond (to sth)

▪ These patients are responding well to the new drug.

▪ improve

▪ receive sth, undergo sth

▪ Patients undergoing chemotherapy may be at a higher risk of infection.

PATIENT + NOUN

▪ care

PREPOSITION

▪ patient with

▪ patients with liver disease
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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, sound

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ incredibly

▪ endlessly (esp. BrE), infinitely

PREPOSITION

▪ about

▪ She's been extremely patient about it all.

▪ with

▪ He was endlessly patient with the children.

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Patient(in) — Patient(in) … Deutsch Wörterbuch
patient — patient, iente [ pasjɑ̃, jɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1120; lat. patiens, patientis I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui a de la patience (I, 1o), fait preuve de patience. « Mais le Vieux, qui n était pas patient, cria : Enfin, fous moi donc la paix ! » (Ch. L. Philippe).… … Encyclopédie Universelle
patient — patient, ente (pa si an, an t ) adj. 1° Terme didactique. Qui souffre, reçoit l impression d un agent. • Dans les passions comme nous les considérons, l âme est patiente, et elle ne préside pas aux dispositions du corps, mais elle y sert,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
patient — Patient, [pati]ente. adj. Qui reçoit l impression d un agent physique. En ce sens il est renfermé dans le dogmatique. Tous les estres à l égard les uns des autres sont agents ou patiens. Il sign. aussi, Qui souffre les adversitez, les injures,… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Patient — Pa tient, n. 1. One who, or that which, is passively affected; a passive recipient. [1913 Webster] Malice is a passion so impetuous and precipitate that it often involves the agent and the patient. Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Patient — Pa tient (p[=a] shent), a. [F., fr. L. patiens, entis, p. pr. of pati to suffer. Cf. {Pathos}, {Passion}.] 1. Having the quality of enduring; physically able to suffer or bear. [1913 Webster] Patient of severest toil and hardship. Bp. Fell. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Patient 13 — jeu de rôle Auteur Anthony Combrexelle Illustrateurs Anthony Combrexelle Willy Favre Matthias Haddad Éditeur John Doe Date de … Wikipédia en Français
patient — [pā′shənt] adj. [ME pacient < OFr < L patiens, patient, prp. of pati: see PASSION] 1. bearing or enduring pain, trouble, etc. without complaining or losing self control 2. refusing to be provoked or angered, as by an insult; forbearing;… … English World dictionary
patient — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (40A) The term patient means any individual who obtains or receives services from a health care business. (40B) The term patient records means any written document relating to a patient or a record recorded in a … Glossary of Bankruptcy
Patient — Sm std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Übernommen aus l. patiēns ( entis) duldend, leidend , dem PPräs. von l. patī (passus sum) erdulden, hinnehmen, sich in einer Stimmung befinden . Ebenso nndl. patiənt, ne. patient, nfrz. patient, nschw. patient,… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Patient — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Auch: • Patientin Bsp.: • Er ist Patient im Allgemeinen Krankenhaus. • Ich war der einzige Patient im Wartezimmer … Deutsch Wörterbuch

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